Taking note of violation by some media houses of its directive not to run exit polls till a specified time during the latest assembly elections in five states, the Election Commission on Thursday advised the media to refrain from such activity in future.

The two warring factions in the AIADMK have expressed their plans to seek legal recourse to defreeze the party's "two leaves" symbol as ordered by the Election Commission.

The Election Commission in an interim order late Wednesday night froze the 'two leaves' poll symbol of Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK and also decided that neither of the two factions will use the party's name.

Anna Hazare on EVM row: "The EVMs should not be discontinued. Those who doubt the machines are trying to go back in time. The world is moving ahead and EVM is the way to go."

The Election Commission on Thursday announced the dates for by-polls to two Lok Sabha seats in Jammu and Kashmir and one in Kerala, and assembly seats in 10 states.

The Election Commission (EC) on Monday shot a notice to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav for allegedly violating the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) and abetting bribery during one of his election rallies recently.

The Editor of the online edition of Dainik Jagran newspaper was arrested on Tuesday for publishing an exit poll ahead of the second phase of Uttar Pradesh polls. A court gave him bail.

With the Election Commission banning opinion polls from February 4, astrologers have taken to predicting the outcome of the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls that begin on February 11.

With Reserve Bank of India rejecting Election Commission's request to raise cash withdrawal limit, the candidates contesting in upcoming elections for five states are left cash deprived to woo voters.

Election Commission on Sunday ordered FIR against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over his bribery remarks at a rally in poll-bound Goa earlier this month.